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How to pronounce “breakdown

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Pronunciation guide for breakdown

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of breakdown with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Agile Project Management with KanbanSo the next step will be breakdown.
Definition summary
(countable) A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.

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How to pronounce breakdown

Agile Project Management with Kanban

So the next step will be breakdown.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “breakdown

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (countable) A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.
  • (countable) Something, such as a vehicle, that has experienced a mechanical failure.
  • (uncountable) Separation of a thing into components; decomposition, fragmentation; (countable) an instance of this.
  • (figurative)
  • (music, countable)
  • (chiefly Southern US, countable)
  • (obsolete, countable) An act of a structure or other thing breaking and collapsing.

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